Detail for Lassus: Verbum caro factum est
Title: Verbum caro factum est  
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Composer: Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)
Scoring: SSAATB
Liturgical Use: Christmas
Language: Latin
Catalog #: NDC049
Duration: ca. 3.5 minutes
Price: $3.95
Remarks: An imposing setting of the opening of John's Gospel which employs as a scaffolding device a canon between 2 inner parts at the unusual interval of the 6th. Lassus creates a truly resplendent "wall of sound".   View Sample Score
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